According to a written statement from the sheriff's office, about 4:15 a.m. Monday, a deputy patrolling near Highways 29 and 80 in Greer saw a pickup truck fail to stop at a stop sign.

The deputy saw the driver suddenly swerve to avoid hitting a median island near the intersection, an incident report states.

The deputy ran the license plate on the truck and it came back to a Chevrolet van and not a truck, according to the report. The deputy tried to stop the truck. The driver, later identified as Byars, led the deputy on a chase that lasted about 25 minutes and reached speeds of almost 90 miles per hour, along several side roads, Highway 29, Interstate 26 and Highway 221 toward Laurens County.

When the chase entered into Laurens County, the Laurens County Sheriff's Office placed spike strips across the road to stop the truck. A Spartanburg County patrol car tire was damaged when the deputy accidentally ran over part of the strips, according to the report.

Byars was able to avoid the spike strips and the chase continued into Laurens County, according to a Laurens County Sheriff's Office incident report.

The chase continued along Highways 221 and 308, and the truck eventually turned into a mobile home park to avoid a train at a crossing, the report states.

The truck hit a fence post in the mobile home park, then hit two Laurens County patrol cars two separate times involving three deputies during the case, according to the report.

A Laurens County deputy hit the back portion of the truck, causing it to spin out into a ditch. Byars, Sandlin and White complained of non-visible injuries and were taken to the Laurens County hospital before being taken to the Spartanburg County Detention Facility, the report states.

Laurens County Lt. Judy Stiles said warrants have been signed charging Byars with six counts of aggravated assault and battery and two counts of malicious injury to property.

<p>Three people have been arrested after a two-county chase and a crash that involved two Laurens County patrol cars.</p><p>Woodrow Franklin Byars, 23, of 319 Bulls Road, Taylors; Casey Mae Sandlin, 24, of 4035 N. Highway 101, Greer; and William Michael White, 17, of 452 Becky Gibson Road, Greenville, have all been charged by the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office with receiving stolen goods, according to arrest warrants.</p><p>Byars has also been charged with failure to stop for a blue light.</p><p>According to a written statement from the sheriff's office, about 4:15 a.m. Monday, a deputy patrolling near Highways 29 and 80 in Greer saw a pickup truck fail to stop at a stop sign.</p><p>The deputy saw the driver suddenly swerve to avoid hitting a median island near the intersection, an incident report states. </p><p>The deputy ran the license plate on the truck and it came back to a Chevrolet van and not a truck, according to the report. The deputy tried to stop the truck. The driver, later identified as Byars, led the deputy on a chase that lasted about 25 minutes and reached speeds of almost 90 miles per hour, along several side roads, Highway 29, Interstate 26 and Highway 221 toward Laurens County. </p><p>When the chase entered into Laurens County, the Laurens County Sheriff's Office placed spike strips across the road to stop the truck. A Spartanburg County patrol car tire was damaged when the deputy accidentally ran over part of the strips, according to the report.</p><p>Byars was able to avoid the spike strips and the chase continued into Laurens County, according to a Laurens County Sheriff's Office incident report.</p><p>The chase continued along Highways 221 and 308, and the truck eventually turned into a mobile home park to avoid a train at a crossing, the report states.</p><p>The truck hit a fence post in the mobile home park, then hit two Laurens County patrol cars two separate times involving three deputies during the case, according to the report.</p><p>A Laurens County deputy hit the back portion of the truck, causing it to spin out into a ditch. Byars, Sandlin and White complained of non-visible injuries and were taken to the Laurens County hospital before being taken to the Spartanburg County Detention Facility, the report states.</p><p>Laurens County Lt. Judy Stiles said warrants have been signed charging Byars with six counts of aggravated assault and battery and two counts of malicious injury to property.</p><p>Byars, Sandlin and White remained at the Spartanburg jail Monday night awaiting bond hearings.</p>